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A Flir\u00ae T450SC infrared camera was used to record thermographic images of the workers\u2019 hands. The workers were interviewed about work organization, cold thermal sensations, and the perception of upper-limb musculoskeletal discomfort. Dependent and independent sample t-tests and binary logistic regression models were applied. The results proved that the workers wore up to five overlapping gloves and had at least one finger with temperatures of \u226415 \u00b0C (46.6%) or \u226424 \u00b0C (98.1%). Workers that used a knife and wore a chainmail (CM) glove on their non-dominant hand had average finger temperatures significantly colder on the palmar surface than the anti-cut (AC) glove group (p = 0.029). The chance of one worker who wore a CM glove to have finger temperatures of \u226415 \u00b0C was 2.26 times greater than a worker who wore an AC glove. 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